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R_c128_mardava
mārdava = adoucissement/abaissement; assigné à une śruti quand un svara est suivi d'un svara plus haut; sert avec āyatatva à mesurer la śruti de pañcama
Body (pseudocode)
FUNCTION assign_mardava(svara_i, svara_next):
IF pitch(svara_next) > pitch(svara_i):
svara_i.quality := 'mardava' # softness/lowering
# used as measure for sruti differentiation of pancama
RETURN svara_i.quality
Inputs / output
→ sruti_quality
Evidence (3)
- « through mārdava (lit. softness) and āyatatva... is the measure of śruti »
- « șadja which is higher than nișāda (is subjected to) mārdava or loosening »
- « mārdava operates in the opposite situation when a svara is followed by a higher one. »
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